The hert is in the richt place, but the example is kinna orra. Girnin aboot “Ambitious plans to promote Gaelic in Dundee have been significantly scaled back“. Noo we ken fine Dundee is hame o a guid-goin (an prood) Scots-speakin community, 38,302 sowels in the Census. “Normalisation” shud shairlie focus on the minority langage that is *actually spoken* in the airt.
Hoo is Gaelic privileged in this wey? Or am A up the wrang dreel?
The United Languages Of EuropeContrast and compare these stories from Scotland on the Scottish (Gaelic) language. First up, from the Courier: “Ambitious plans to promote Gaelic in Dundee have been significantly scaled back. Council chiefs have been forced to slash key elements of the proposals after opponents questioned the city’s links with the language and the potential costs involved….
